The effect of methergoline and of a synthetic estrogen on plasmatic prolactin levels and on postpartum lactation
Boemi, P.; Pace, G.; Cianci, A.; Pellicciotta, G.; Palumbo, G.
Minerva Ginecologica 32(3): 135-142
1980
ISSN/ISBN: 0026-4784 PMID: 6445525 Document Number: 156330
30 women who, for various reasons, did not wish to breastfeed were treated with 12 mg of methergoline a day, for 5 days, while a second group of women were treated, for the same purpose, with 450 mg of resorcilic acid lactone for 5 days. In the first group not only lactation was totally suppressed, but plasma prolactin levels were significantly reduced. In the second group lactation was inhibited, but prolactin levels remained the same.